TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - A Honduran judge authorized on Wednesday the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernandez to the United States on drug-trafficking and firearms charges.

       Hernandez, who was arrested in mid-February following the U.S. extradition request, has three days to appeal the judge's decision, according to a judicial spokesman.

       (Reporting by Gustavo Palencia, Writing by Cassandra Garrison; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)